Boost Your Health: Simple Ways to Increase Fiber Intake

Dietary fiber is not only what helps food move through your digestive track, it's also what helps control blood pressure, lower cholesterol and prevent certain cardiovascular diseases. There are minor adjustments that you can make to ensure you have a high fiber diet.

Instructions

• 1

  Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables to 4 1/2 cups each day.

• 2

  Top cereal with berries and bananas, both naturally high in fiber.

• 3

  Use whole-wheat flour in place of white flour when baking breads and muffins.

• 4

  Puree fruits, like apples and pears, and add them to pancakes and cookies.

• 5

  Add nuts and dried fruit to ice cream and yogurt.

• 6

  Sprinkle bran on hot cereals or mix into ground beef.

• 7

  Choose a fiber supplement as part of your daily food intake.